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US6543477B2
US6543477B2 US09/993,037 US99303701A US6543477B2 US 6543477 B2 US6543477 B2 US 6543477B2 US 99303701 A US99303701 A US 99303701A US 6543477 B2 US6543477 B2 US 6543477B2
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Wolfram Bohne
Ralf Cosfeld
Hanspeter Zink
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01L—CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES
    • F01L9/00—Valve-gear or valve arrangements actuated non-mechanically
    • F01L9/20—Valve-gear or valve arrangements actuated non-mechanically by electric means
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01F—MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
    • H01F7/00—Magnets
    • H01F7/06—Electromagnets; Actuators including electromagnets
    • H01F7/08—Electromagnets; Actuators including electromagnets with armatures
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01F—MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
    • H01F7/00—Magnets
    • H01F7/06—Electromagnets; Actuators including electromagnets
    • H01F7/08—Electromagnets; Actuators including electromagnets with armatures
    • H01F7/16—Rectilinearly-movable armatures
    • H01F7/1638—Armatures not entering the winding
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T137/00—Fluid handling
    • Y10T137/8158—With indicator, register, recorder, alarm or inspection means
    • Y10T137/8225—Position or extent of motion indicator
    • Y10T137/8242—Electrical

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  • the invention relate's to an electromechanical actuator, in particular an actuator for a gas exchange valve of an internal-combustion engine.
  • a prior art electromechanical actuator described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,078,235 and German utility model DE 297 12 502 U1, has two electromagnets and an armature which is mechanically coupled to two springs.
  • the armature can move between a first bearing surface on the first electromagnet and a second bearing surface on the second electromagnet.
  • the housing is formed with recesses for accommodating the electromagnets.
  • an electromechanical actuator comprising:
  • At least one electromagnet At least one electromagnet
  • an armature having a shank formed with a cavity and movably disposed between the first bearing surface on the electromagnet and a second bearing surface;
  • the actuator is particularly suitable in combination with a gas exchange valve of an internal-combustion engine, where the actuator is mechanically coupled to a valve stem of the gas exchange valve.
  • the shank is a hollow tubular shaft.
  • the shank is formed with a blind bore in which the transmitter is disposed.
  • the transmitter is a permanent magnet.
  • the senor is a position sensor.
  • the transmitter is introduced into the cavity at a free end of the shank, and the shank is flanged at the free end.
  • the armature includes an armature plate formed of a cobalt-iron alloy.
  • the electromagnet has a core formed of a cobalt-iron alloy.
  • the invention is distinguished by the fact that the shank of the armature, which is designed as a hollow body, has a significantly lower mass than a solid shank. Consequently, the armature mass which has to be moved is reduced, and therefore only small actuating forces have to be applied to move the armature plate from one armature face to the other.
  • FIG. 1 is a partly sectional, partly schematic view of an actuator and a control device in an internal-combustion engine
  • FIG. 2 is a section taken through the armature according to the invention in a first embodiment
  • FIG. 3 is a section taken through the armature in a second embodiment.
  • an internal-combustion engine includes an actuator 1 which acts on a gas exchange valve 2 and is arranged in a cylinder head 31 of the internal-combustion engine.
  • the gas exchange valve 2 is either an exhaust valve or an intake valve.
  • the gas exchange valve 2 has a valve stem 21 and a disk or cup 22 .
  • the actuator 1 has a housing 11 wherein a first and a second electromagnet are disposed.
  • the first electromagnet has a first core 12 which is provided with a first coil 13 .
  • the second electromagnet has a second core 14 which is provided with a second coil is.
  • An armature is provided, the armature plate of which is arranged in the housing 11 such that it can move between a first bearing surface 15 a of the first electromagnet and a second bearing surface 15 b of the second electromagnet.
  • the armature plate 16 can therefore move between a closed position S maxS and an open position S max0 .
  • the armature also comprises a shank 17 , which is guided through recesses in the first and second cores 12 , 14 and can be mechanically coupled to the valve stem 21 of the gas exchange valve 2 .
  • a first restoring means 18 a and a second restoring means 18 b which are preferably designed as springs, bias the armature plate 16 into the preset at-rest position S 0 , i.e., the position of repose.
  • a receiver 19 b of a position sensor is arranged on or in the actuator 1 in such a way that it indirectly or directly records the position of the armature plate 16 and of the armature shank 17 .
  • the actuator 1 is rigidly connected to the cylinder head 31 of the internal-combustion engine.
  • the intake duct 32 and a cylinder 33 with a piston 34 are provided in the internal-combustion engine.
  • the piston 34 is coupled to a crankshaft 36 via a connecting rod 35 .
  • a control device 4 which records the signals from various sensors.
  • the sensors include, for example, the position sensor and/or a rotational-speed transmitter and/or a load-recording sensor.
  • the control device 4 energizes the first and second coils 13 , 15 of the actuator 1 as a function of the signals from the sensors.
  • the shank 17 of the armature is a hollow body. For this purpose, it has a cylindrical bore which forms a cavity 17 a .
  • the mass of the shank 17 is therefore small, yet the shank remains sufficiently rigid to ensure stable guidance of the armature plate 16 .
  • a transmitter 19 a is disposed in the region of a free end of the shank 17 .
  • the transmitter 19 a is preferably a permanent magnet assigned to the position sensor.
  • the receiver 19 b is preferably a magnetoresistive element, preferably designed as a giant-magnetoresistive element (GMR element). Particularly simple and secure fixing of the transmitter 19 a is ensured by flanging the free end in a region 19 c.
  • GMR element giant-magnetoresistive element
  • the transmitter 19 a is arranged at a significant distance toward the armature plate 16 from the free end of the shank 17 .
  • a potting compound 19 c is introduced into the cavity 17 a in the region of the free end and up to the transmitter 19 a , in order to precisely fix the transmitter 19 a . Precise fixing of the transmitter 19 a is essential for exact recording of the position by the receiver 19 b during a long operating period of the actuator.
  • the cavity 17 a in the armature shank 17 may also be formed only in a partial region along the longitudinal axis of the shank, for example only in the region wherein the transmitter 19 a is accommodated.
  • the moving masses of the actuator 1 are further reduced by forming the armature plate 16 from a cobalt-iron alloy.
  • the cores 12 , 14 of the electromagnets preferably also consist of the cobalt-iron alloy.
  • the alloy has, for example, between 17 and 50% by weight of cobalt.
  • the cobalt-iron alloy has a significantly higher electrical resistance than, for example, iron (the electrical resistance is approximately four times as high). Consequently, the eddy-current losses in the armature are lower.
  • the cobalt-iron alloy has the advantage that the saturation is reached at a magnetic induction of approximately 2.3 tesla, which is approximately 15% higher than that of the silicon-iron alloys.

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